Swinging Soiree for City Kids

Celebrating New York's Playgrounds With Hundreds of Tiny Fans

By

Lucy Cohen Blatter

Updated May 23, 2013 9:48 p.m. ET

It's hard to overstate the importance of Central Park for parents of young children living in Manhattan. "I could not raise my kids in the city if I didn't have the park," said mother-of-two Leah Gambal, who attended a fundraiser for the Central Park Conservancy's Playground Partners on Wednesday afternoon.

Ms. Gambal's sentiment was echoed by nearly everyone else in attendance at the annual family event, which raised a...